The following paragraph on peer review for the Journal of Food Science indicates that the most time-consuming segment between the time a paper is submitted and final publication is in the evaluation process, which may require the author to revise the paper and then re-submit it, in which case, the amount of time the author would take to revise the paper should be taken into account when you are trying to figure out how long it takes for a paper to be published:
Peer review
"All submitted manuscripts are screened by the section’s Scientific Editor for importance, interest to subscribers, substance, appropriateness for the journal, and general scientific quality. Those failing to meet current standards are rejected by the Scientific Editor without further review. Those manuscripts meeting these initial standards are sent to an Associate Editor who assigns referees. Author identities are disclosed to the referees, but referee identities are not disclosed to the author. When the initial review is complete, the Associate Editor will send you the referees’ suggestions along with his or her suggestions. You are expected to respond to all suggestions either by making appropriate revisions or stating why the suggestions are unreasonable. The Associate Editor will consider your revisions and provide the Scientific Editor with a recommendation to accept, revise, or reject your manuscript. If a second revision of a manuscript is still not satisfactory, it may be rejected (but may thereafter re-enter the peer review process if sufficiently updated and revised). You will then be informed by the Scientific Editor of the final decision."
Source: Website for the Journal of Food Science, accessed on October 20, 2020
The following paragraph on peer review for the Journal of Food Science indicates that the most time-consuming segment between the time a paper is submitted and final publication is in the evaluation process, which may require the author to revise the paper and then re-submit it, in which case, the amount of time the author would take to revise the paper should be taken into account when you are trying to figure out how long it takes for a paper to be published:
Peer review
"All submitted manuscripts are screened by the section’s Scientific Editor for importance, interest to subscribers, substance, appropriateness for the journal, and general scientific quality. Those failing to meet current standards are rejected by the Scientific Editor without further review. Those manuscripts meeting these initial standards are sent to an Associate Editor who assigns referees. Author identities are disclosed to the referees, but referee identities are not disclosed to the author. When the initial review is complete, the Associate Editor will send you the referees’ suggestions along with his or her suggestions. You are expected to respond to all suggestions either by making appropriate revisions or stating why the suggestions are unreasonable. The Associate Editor will consider your revisions and provide the Scientific Editor with a recommendation to accept, revise, or reject your manuscript. If a second revision of a manuscript is still not satisfactory, it may be rejected (but may thereafter re-enter the peer review process if sufficiently updated and revised). You will then be informed by the Scientific Editor of the final decision."
Source: Website for the Journal of Food Science, accessed on October 20, 2020